I think Farenheit must be based on the OMG scale.

[derien]

Celsius degrees are based on the freezing and boiling points of water, but 0F is when you start saying "OMG cold!"
correspondingly, 100F is where you start saying "OMG hot!"

(Of course the wind chill takes it down to "feels like -17F" outside my house right now, so I stepped outside and went "sunuvaBITCHin COLD". And LTA is laughing at me, right? Because I suppose Alaska was colder than that weeks ago?)

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[(Anonymous)]

Anchorage has been unusually cold this winter.
But Anchorage is not the interior, or the North Slope-
I would have to say Maine can hold its own cold\wind\weather
wise. Not for nothing do they call the Atlantic the graveyard of ships.
Shout out to coastal Maine!
LTA

[laurenthemself]

I played with online conversions and I think I would start being 'OMG cold!' at 50F/10C and going lower, and 'OMG hot!' kicks in at 86F/30C and higher. But the lowest I've experienced is -2C and highest was up around 48C, so I don't have your cold tolerance!

[derien]

I'm trying to work on my cold tolerance, actually. I'm reading more all the time about how it's good for your body to lower your core temperature down to about 94F, occasionally. Helps fight diabetes and alzheimer's apparently. But when we're talking usual body temp is 98.6F and this is core, that's HARD to do. I am NOT going to be one of those cold shower or swimming in ice water people!

[(Anonymous)]

I have recently found out that as people age
their temp.set point shifts a little -it is one of the reasons
older people are colder. Older folks can be a degree lower-
something more like 97.8.
Also found out cold is a problem for folks with heart
issues including high blood pressure.
We are currently enjoying a heat wave ....you know its been cold when
19 feels warm. Tomorrow may hit 40.....sometimes the shift just makes the cold
harder to take. But, hey..we 've got it licked the light is coming back:)
LTA